Ieper

Cemetery by the City walls

Wall plants live on limy soil. In Flanders they only survive on old brick walls built with lime mortar, like the original Ieper Fortress Walls. Before the restorations, the wall vegetation was very abundant here. Only wall pellitory, wall rue and common whitlowgrass survived in large numbers. The other 16 species have become rate. Expansion is still possible because these walls (Eastern side of the fortress) were restored with limy mortar.